Persons
Personalities, their portraits, literature and inventions in the field of mechanism and machine science
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- Water wheels and wind turbines as input
- Movable type revolutionizes the letterpress
- Large-scale paper manufacture
From Agricola
to Zonca
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- Invention of the mechanical loom and the steam engine
- Appearance of factories
- Development of the textile and coal and steel industry as well as the railway construction
From Ampere
to Willis
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- Appearance of a large-scale industry in the areas of chemistry, electronics and steel
- Development and use of internal combustion engines
- Advent of electrification
From Aronhold
to Zeuthen
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- Increase in efficiency through assembly line, continuous, and mass production
- Spreading of automobiles
- Increase in consumer goods production
From Alt
to Thue
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- Development of the electronics, microelectronics and computer industry
- Fully automated installation of industrial facilities, Adoption of robots
- Use of digital information systems
From Biezeno
to Živkovic
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